Quotations

[DennisD]

By popular request (well, just one request), here is a quotes thread.

No need for banter, just post something inspiring, thought provoking, clever, or fun.

I'll start. This one epitomizes my contributions to the old forum.

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[mike miller]

"Moving the mouse on the screen is not a thing to brag about. The mouse is not a dog that needs exercise."

-@Alin Vargatu

[Alin]

"Moving the mouse on the screen is not a thing to brag about. The mouse is not a dog that needs exercise."

-@Alin Vargatu

Wow! I think this is the first time I see myself quoted. It’s scary.

[Alin]

“The destruction of prejudice is an admirable goal. But if you destroy prejudices without replacing them with higher values — the pursuit of truth, the ability to reason and argue, to challenge and be challenged in turn — then what you are providing is not education, it’s a lobotomy: virtuous but morally hollow.”

Jen Gerson

[jcapriotti]

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[RickB]

"There is a very fine line between success and failure. Just one ingredient can make the difference."

- Andrew Lloyd Webber

[Roasted By John]

What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left.
Oscar Levant

[RickB]

"Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach [their] goals."

- Dorothy Height

[RickB]

"We all require and want respect, man or woman, Black or white. It’s our basic human right."

- Aretha Franklin

[Roasted By John]

My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
Jean Rostand

[DanPihlaja]

By popular request (well, just one request)

But that request was very popular, i hear.

[Tom G]

Angels can fly because they can take themselves lightly.
GK Chesterton

It's a very long quote. Full: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/825451 ... ghtly-this

[jayar]

"To have great poets, there must be great audiences too."

- Walt Whitman

[Roasted By John]

Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
Lily Tomlin

[Roasted By John]

Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
Lily Tomlin

[SamSpade]

"Whatever you do, always give 100%. Unless you're donating blood"

Bill Murray

[burhop]

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[mike miller]

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Related to that is this one:

"72 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot."
-Dilbert(?)

[Roasted By John]

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. Now I'm beginning to believe it.
Clarence Darrow

[dseibel]

A handful of favorites that I've collected over the years...

It is human nature to think wisely and act foolishly
Anatole France

Integrity has no need of rules
Albert Camus

Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there
Will Rogers

A critic is a man who knows the way but can’t drive the car
Kenneth Tynan

Admitting error clears the score-and proves you wiser than before
Arthur Guiterman

The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it
Brendan Francis

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism
Norman Vincent Peale

The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn
David Russell

The deepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated
William James

Money can’t buy happiness, but it can buy the kind of misery you prefer
Hobart Brown

We must use the time as a tool not as a couch
John F. Kennedy

People are always ready to recognize a man’s ability…after he gets there
Bob Edwards

Freedom is a system based on courage
Charles Peguy

A problem well stated is a problem half solved
Charles F. Kettering

Destiny is not a matter of chance it is a mater of choice, it is not a thing to be waited for, but something to be achieved
William Jennings Bryan

Conversation means being able to disagree and still continue the discussion
Dwight MacDonald

If you don’t know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else
Laurence J. Peter

There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots; the other, wings
Hadding Carter

The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it
Sydney J. Harris

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; argument an exchange of ignorance
Robert Quillen

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are
Theodore Roosevelt

The trouble with self-made men is that they worship their creator
Unknown

It’s always helpful to learn from your mistakes because then your mistakes seem worthwhile
Gary Marshall

The highest reward for a man’s toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it
John Ruskin

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe
Marilyn Vos Savant

We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly
Sam Keen


A bend in the road is not the end of the road…unless you fail to make the turn
Unknown

There’s no limit to what a man can do, or where he can go, if he doesn’t mind who gets the credit
Ronald Reagan

The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.
Frank Herbert

A bore is someone who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company
Oscar Wilde

[Roasted By John]

Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it.
Cyril Connolly

[Glenn Schroeder]

A bore is someone who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company
Oscar Wilde

That one sounds familiar. I'm pretty sure I saw it in a John D. MacDonald novel years ago.

[Glenn Schroeder]

"I'd rather ask a stupid question than make a stupid mistake because I didn't ask."

Me

[Roasted By John]

I took a speed reading course and read 'War and Peace' in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.
Woody Allen

[jayar]

"Find the good. It's all around you. Find it, showcase it and you'll start believing in it."

- Jesse Owens

[jayar]

“Never make excuses. Your friends don't need them and your foes won't believe them.”

― John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

[Roasted By John]

The most technologically efficient machine that man has ever invented is the book.
Northrop Frye

[Jaylin Hochstetler]

Your opinion although interesting is irrelevant.

[Tom G]

Your opinion although interesting is irrelevant.

I reject your reality and substitute my own.
-Adam Savage

[Roasted By John]

Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out.
John Wooden

[Roasted By John]

Your opinion although interesting is irrelevant.

I reject your reality and substitute my own.
-Adam Savage

May I add what I told my children...

"If you don't believe me, Ask Me"

[mike miller]

A different language is a different vision of life.
-Federico Fellini

[bradb]

A couple to add

"I'd rather be looking at it than looking for it"
Heard from an old friend

"The only person that never makes a mistake is the person that doesn't do anything"
Me

[Glenn Schroeder]

"I can explain it to you, but I can't make you understand it."

-a former boss

[Tahhhd]

"I can explain it to you, but I can't make you understand it."

-a former boss

I've heard something similar - "I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you."

[mattpeneguy]

The most technologically efficient machine that man has ever invented is the book.
Northrop Frye

Here's a quote by one of Northrop's relatives, Philip J.:
"People said I was dumb, but I proved them."

[Jaylin Hochstetler]

I'd rather be thought a fool than open my mouth and confirm it.

[jcapriotti]

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[Glenn Schroeder]

"I can explain it to you, but I can't make you understand it."

-a former boss

I've heard something similar - "I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you."

It's not uncommon for one of the engineers here to go into a long detailed explanation about something, and then ask "Did that make sense?" My standard reply is "Probably, but I didn't understand it."

[AlexLachance]

Those willing to sacrifice freedom for a sense of security deserve neither.
Benjamin Franklin

[DennisD]

"I can explain it to you, but I can't make you understand it."

-a former boss

I've heard something similar - "I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you."

It's not uncommon for one of the engineers here to go into a long detailed explanation about something, and then ask "Did that make sense?" My standard reply is "Probably, but I didn't understand it."

That's terrific, Glenn!

[RickB]

"A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds."

- Francis Bacon

[Roasted By John]

All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.
Walt Disney

[Jaylin Hochstetler]

One is better to be thought a fool than open his mouth and remove all doubt.
Edit: -Abraham Lincoln-

[Roasted By John]

Whenever you see a successful person, you only see the public glories, never the private sacrifices to reach them.
Vaibhav Shah

[jayar]

"There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still."

- Franklin Delano Roosevelt

[Roasted By John]

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
Mae West

[Jaylin Hochstetler]

Light travels faster than sound which is why some people appear bright until you here them speak.

[Roasted By John]

Light travels faster than sound which is why some people appear bright until you here them speak."you see them type" (hear)

[Roasted By John]

Opportunities don't happen. You create them.
Chris Grosser